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Standard 1 states teacher leaders model moral and ethical behavior. Upon reflection, it makes sense this is the first of twelve standards in the program.   It does not matter if we have the best classroom management, assessments, or differentiation strategies.   If an educator is not moral and ethical toward the students and fellow faculty and staff there is a massive problem. How we carry ourselves as individuals is highly important.   This is step one of many.   It all starts with who we are as people.   To fulfill this standard I engaged in the course Moral Issues in Education.   Through numerous books and lengthy discussion posts I have a much clearer idea of what it means to teach with integrity, morals, and love.   Response :             My preconceptions prior to this course and standard were highly selfish.   “I know what it means to be moral” and “I am a respo...

Bryan Van Pelt EDU 6085 Course Reflection: EDU 6085 Moral Issues in Education Course goals Too many individual goals to state Teacher Leadership  Standard : Teacher leaders model ethical and moral behavior Response :             My preconceptions prior to this course were highly selfish.  I thought this course was all about me, the teacher. “I know what it means to be moral” and “I am a responsible educator” where a couple thoughts in my head.  For some reason, none of my thinking revolved around the students and how moral teaching impacts them and their experiences. There was disconnect from me, the teacher, to the students.  Likewise, I firmly believed, coming from public schools, religion had no place in the classroom. My viewpoints were rigid and unfair. I thought with a subject matter as “touchy” as religion, it is best kept out of schools. This course shed light on th...